Here are some photographs which demonstrate the effect of changing your ISO settings during night time photography while everything else is held constant. These photos were taken a few weeks ago on the shores of Lake Superior around midnight.
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Sometimes it's worth missing sleep! I took this photo a few nights ago at 3 am while bike touring around northern Minnesota. You are looking out over the Beaver Bay Headlands and Lake Superior.
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I just downloaded my free pdf copy of Fresh Coast. Given I live on the Northshore of Lake Superior, it's understandable how I would love this book. However, even if you are not lucky enough to live in the Northland, you should grab the book. Perhaps this will convince you to make a trip to Lake Superior!
This is just one example of the content you will find in Lake Superior Waves … an iOS and Android Flipboard magazine curated by me, the NorthStar Nerd. Subscribe without charge to Lake Superior Waves.
Now that Google has discontinued RSS delivery of Google Alerts, in addition to ending their Google Reader RSS Service, many of you may be wondering how to receive RSS feeds for your custom searches. The process is actually quite simple, but one must switch and use Microsoft Bing's Search Engine!
Eh gads … Microsoft Bing! For many of us making that search engine switch seemed impossible a few months ago, but give Microsoft its chance. Google has ended many popular services, and their lead in providing optimal search results does not seem to be true anymore.
Thus, like many people I replaced Google Reader with Feedly. The process of replacing Google Alerts is easy:
Here is an example.
I live across the road from a northwoods creek and waterfall that rushes down the hill to Lake Superior. Thus, perhaps I would like a RSS feed on Amity Creek
Here is my url string to which I will subscribe in Feedly:
I now have the search alerts delivered via RSS to my reader (Feedly).
How do you say goodbye to a dear friend?
Right now, Spot, is sleeping next to me on the floor next to my desk. Ever since we rescued this stray dog at my brother-in-law's wedding years ago, she has by her choice been inseparable from me. Although she was supposed to be the entire family's dog, Spot adopted me. Whether it was hiking in the Northwoods, fishing on NorthStar Lake or just hanging out around the house, Spot has always been next to me.
My dear friend now has extreme trouble walking, can not hear, and often cries at night due to the pain of old age. This past week we vacationed together for one last time up north at the cabin. Every night she looked at me and refused to lie down in her dog bed until I also lay down to sleep. During my Northern Lights photoshoot this past Friday night, I actually pretended to fall asleep and then snuck back outside the bedroom. Please understand that Spot has slept next to me in her dog bed every night since she joined our family.
This brings me back to my question, how do you say good bye to an old dear friend? Hundreds of times per day she looks up into my eyes with her big black eyes and seems to be asking me … what are we going to do next?
Tomorrow morning I will take Spot to the vet and have her life ended. She trusts me. I hope Spot will understand; it also hurts me. She will always be in my heart. Hopefully in heaven she will catch all the squirrels!
The photo below was taken years ago during happier times.
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Spot during one of our fishing trips on NorthStar Lake